Isaac had always wondered how Werewolf Voldemort had become a werewolf. Only when he encountered Selwyn in the Werewolf Village could he finally confirm the main cause of Voldemort's transformation.
Under normal circumstances, no wizard would willingly become a werewolf.
The reason was simple. Being bitten by a werewolf on the night of a full moon brought a wizard no benefits, only drawbacks.
They could have been perfectly normal people, yet instead relegated themselves to the fringes of the Wizarding World.
Most importantly, if Voldemort returned to life normally, his former followers would return to his service out of fear of the Dark Lord's tyranny, however reluctant they might be.
But if those pure-blood wizards learned that Voldemort had become a werewolf after his resurrection, things would get very interesting.
Were we supposed to stop bullying the Dark Lord just because he was Voldemort and bullying him might get us killed?
We could accept you being a half-blood, Voldemort. The divide between half-blood and pure-blood wizards had always existed, but while it wasn't small, it wasn't insurmountable either.
As long as the Dark Lord was powerful enough, they could brainwash themselves into believing he was actually a pure-blood wizard.
If the Dark Lord was a werewolf wizard... no amount of brainwashing could convince those pure-blood wizards that a werewolf wizard would stand on their side and bring them handsome returns.
Pure-blood and half-blood wizards belonged to the same class.
Werewolf wizards had nothing whatsoever to do with either.
Class determined kinship.
If Voldemort no longer belonged to their class after his resurrection, why would these pure-blood wizards keep risking their necks to serve him?
The Dark Lord inspired fear because he was active and his methods were brutally ruthless.
Was Dumbledore's subtler approach really any gentler than Voldemort's?
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